• 11 months ago
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00:00 But you had a pretty good game and I got a lot of run there.
00:03 Just what do you think of I guess the overall, the team's performance?
00:07 >> I mean, overall, I feel like we still continue to get better.
00:12 Obviously one of our issues right now is just rebounding.
00:17 We're getting beat on the glass a lot.
00:20 A lot of our games and Florida, there's the number one team,
00:23 offensive rebounding team in the country.
00:25 And one of the biggest teams.
00:26 So I feel like just rebounding was our biggest downfall this game and
00:30 just playing hard also.
00:32 >> And then last thing I'll ask is just defensively,
00:35 what do you think y'all gotta do to start making some progress?
00:39 >> Really just wanted to play defense, getting down and ready in our spots and
00:45 gap, just being in the spots that coach wants us to be and where we're supposed to be.
00:49 >> Bob.
00:51 >> Yeah, sorry, just jumped on here.
00:57 I guess how tough is that?
00:58 These 0 and 3 SEC start and double digit losses last week was maybe a little
01:03 better than last Saturday, but not a lot.
01:06 Just how tough has this been getting blown out of these last couple Saturdays?
01:10 >> No, it's been tough for everyone.
01:14 For the past couple of games, we haven't been playing our best.
01:16 A lot of people were doing.
01:19 So we just gotta keep working, keep our heads up, just keep trying to fight.
01:23 We gotta click, we're gonna click soon, we just gotta click.
01:27 And at the end of the day, we'll be where we wanna be.
01:29 >> Sorry if you got to ask this already, but
01:33 you obviously, some guys that haven't been getting to play a lot got to play today.
01:38 How do you think y'all did and
01:39 does that maybe provide some hope for moving forward?
01:43 >> Honestly, I think the second group we put out there, we did pretty good.
01:48 Especially in that first half, second half, we came in that bright energy.
01:54 Got some stops, some steals, got some buckets, key buckets.
01:58 Joseph Penn, he has some key shots when he come in and just overrides the team.
02:01 I just feel like the energy, we came with that energy off the bench and
02:04 that's what we need in the long run.
02:07 >> And you guys went to a zone which Eric, I can't remember the last time he played
02:11 his zone, but how much you guys worked on that?
02:14 And it seemed like it worked for a little while in the first half.
02:16 Is that something maybe that could help out moving forward?
02:19 >> Of course, I feel like it can help us out moving forward.
02:23 We just put that zone in Thursday or Friday, one of those days.
02:27 So that was something new for us also.
02:29 And I feel like for our first time running it, we did a decent job, but
02:33 we still have a lot of things to clean up.
02:35 >> You might have a couple more, I'll give it back to Mike for others, thanks.
02:38 >> You only have one more question, please.
02:41 >> Okay, I know you're new and you hadn't been through this before, but
02:46 you're going through SEC start, Arkansas has had some bad SEC starts and
02:50 turned it around.
02:51 I don't know, what's Eric said to you guys?
02:54 I know it's early, but it's obviously not good right now.
02:57 Do you feel like you guys still have time to get this ship righted?
03:01 >> Of course, we all think we have a chance to turn this thing around.
03:07 Coach tells us every day that we're not playing as our best, but
03:11 we still have a chance to be great and go to March and make something happen.
03:15 Even go to the tournament mix somehow.
03:17 So we just gotta keep getting better day by day.
03:19 It's what's in the day going to show.